Applied Research Methods: Impact Evaluations - Design and Analysis (Online Course)
Four –Day Training on
“Applied Research Methods: Impact Evaluations—Design and Analysis”
This training is empowered with SPSS and STATA
January 17 – 20, 2022
As the development goes on, many ask on different aspects of impact of the development funds that are being used for poverty eradication, uplift thru entrepreneurship and employment, to improve access to water and sanitation (WASH), gender empowerment, and access to reproductive health services, for example. There is a set procedure to measure the impact and progress towards project outcomes at different stages of project implementation. Applied Research Methods have the tools and skills that are essential for professionals who are working on impact evaluations and on research concepts to generate empirical evidence. Below are given detailed contents of the ‘Applied Research Methods’. This training will empower participants with practical tools that are essentially used in Applied Research Methods across the world. It will also empower participants to use SPSS/STATA as a tool to analyze data collected under Applied Research.
Contents
Day I
Introduction to applied research
Different forms of applied research
Theory of change
Designing an applied research
How to make research representative?
o Sampling methods
o Methods to calculate sample
Day II
Designing principles for Impact Evaluations
How Impact Evaluations Differ from Other Research Design?
Introduction to Randomized Control Trials
Key concepts: Counterfactuals, Intention-to-treat (ITT) and Treatment-on-the-Treated (TOT), Spillover Effect, Random Assignments etc.
Case studies
Day III
Use of SPSS/STATA as a tool to analyze data
Hypothesis testing
Different forms of t test (used to show impact)
Chi-Square test
Correlation
ANOVA (One Way, Factorial ANOVA) etc.
Regression Analysis
optional (this is basic analysis)
SPSS/STATA Basics
Database development
Data entry and cleaning
Generating new variables and recoding
SPSS syntax (all manual commands will be done through syntax also)
Analysis of multiple response questions
Day 4 is dedicated to SPSS/STATA and we assume that participants will have some sort of SPSS/STATA basic knowledge. In case you also require basic SPSS/STATA modules in the training, the fourth day will be reserved for all those wishing to learn SPSS/STATA from basics.
Important Dates **
TOT on “**Applied Research**” will be held on January 17 – 20, 2022.
The final agenda and venue details will be shared with all registered participants (who paid their fees).
.**Fee information**
USD 120 covers 4-day training course, applications and certificate.
How to register:
Have questions or interested in connecting with a member of the SRD Centre team? Contact us via email at**:** training@srd.edu.jo and srd@srd.edu.jo
For more information: SRD Center website
